Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Ferndale in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ferndale in California on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 03:03:41 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/16 / 2016-09-22 10:03:41 / September 22, 2016 @ 10:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -124.479332° West, latitude 40.2878342° North, depth = 19.01 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.01 km (12 miles). Event id: nc72700701. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72700701.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcata, Bayside, Eureka.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.479332° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.2878342° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km SSW of Ferndale, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-22 10:03:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-22 10:08:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	130	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.153	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	241	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc72700701	Id of event.
Event Code	72700701	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72700701,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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